Who's in charge of our Energy Companies?
You may think we run our own energy companies in the
UK.
Many years ago, we did, but things have changed.
The largest owners are:
British Gas (UK owned)
EDF Energy (French)
NPower: owned by RWE (German)
Powergen: owned by Eon (German)
Scottish & Southern Electric (UK)
Scottish Power (UK)
OWNERSHIP OF DISTRIBUTORS:
BRITISH GAS:
Electricity Direct, Enron Direct, Scottish Gas,
(Scotland), Nwy Prydain (Wales).
EDF ENERGY:
Seeboard, SWEB and other companies in Eastern
Region. EDF Energy is a subsidiary of the
French state owned group EDF (Electricite de France).
NPOWER:
National Power, Calortex, Midlands Electricity,
Independent Energy, Yorkshire Electricity, YE Gas,
Northern Electric and Gas.
POWERGEN:
East Midlands, Eastern Electricity, Norweb Energi, Amerada,
TXU Energi, Western Gas.
SCOTTISH & SOUTHERN ELECTRIC:
Southern Electric, Scottish Hydro, North Wales Energy,
SWALEC, Cambridge Gas, Atlantic Electric & Gas,
Maverick Energy.
SCOTTISH POWER:
Scottish Power, Manweb.
